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Spain. Sovereign (1759-1788 : Charles III)

 Organization

Biographical note

Spanish sovereign. Charles III was King of Spain from 1759 to 1788. During his reign, he expelled the Jesuits from the Spanish Empire.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Bound volume of 22 manuscript and printed texts on the expulsion of the Jesuits

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: BC-2025-129
Scope and Contents

Bound volume of 18 manuscript and 4 published texts concerning the Jesuits and their expulsion from France and the Spanish and Portuguese empires.



Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: 1715-1770

Carta del rey de España â el papa, notìcìando el total exterminio de los jesuitas de sus domìnìos: manuscript fair copy

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2022-053
Scope and Contents

Sixteen-page manuscript fair copy of a letter from King Charles III of Spain to Pope Clement XIII on the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Spanish Empire. Dated at end of last page: Aranjuez, 2 de mayo de 1767. Written in ink on laid paper in a gathering of four bifolia.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: probably between 1767 and 1800